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Purpose Accounting

Purpose Accounting is a Sydney CPA practice providing outsourced finance, payroll, bookkeeping and Employment Hero payroll implementation to non-profits.

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Purpose Accounting

Business Description

Purpose Accounting is a boutique financial management and advisory firm in Chippendale, Sydney, working exclusively with non-profits across Australia. As a CPA Public Practice firm, it provides outsourced CFO advice, month and year end accounts, financial reporting, acquittals, audit support, NFP compliance, bookkeeping and payroll through dedicated onshore teams.

Technology projects include Employment Hero payroll implementations set up for complex NFP awards such as SCHADS, plus Xero, Dext, Weel and Calxa. Purpose also delivers payroll compliance checks and finance coaching.

Service & Expertise

Payroll and Workforce Administration

Payroll Processing and Outsourcing

Purpose Accounting provides Payroll Processing and Outsourcing across Australia, as part of an outsourced finance function built exclusively for non-profits.

  • Ongoing monthly services cover payroll and bookkeeping alongside outsourced CFO advice, budgeting and forecasting, month and year end accounts, financial reporting, acquittals, audit support and NFP compliance.
  • Each client portfolio is served by a dedicated team of two or three staff, with built-in coverage during leave so the finance function keeps running.
  • Delivery teams are onshore and predominantly CPA, CA or IPA qualified, and the firm operates as a CPA Public Practice.
  • One-off projects check payroll compliance and strengthen finance policies against non-profit industry requirements.

Best for: Non-profits and social enterprises that want payroll and bookkeeping handled by sector specialists together with their accounting and CFO support.

Payroll and Workforce Administration

Payroll System Implementation

Purpose Accounting provides Payroll System Implementation across Australia, delivering Employment Hero Payroll projects for non-profit organisations.

  • Implementations optimise payroll setup for complex NFP awards, including the SCHADS Award, as an official Employment Hero partner.
  • Payroll projects sit within wider finance technology transformations covering Xero, Dext Prepare and Weel for expense management and Calxa for financial reporting.
  • Integration planning aligns budgets, systems, payroll and financial reporting structures during new programs and structural change.

Best for: non-profits moving payroll to Employment Hero or modernising their finance technology stack.

Operational Coverage

  • ACT (Hybrid)
  • New South Wales (Hybrid) Suite 4, Level 1, 12-16 Chippen Street, Chippendale NSW, 2008
  • Northern Territory (Hybrid)
  • Queensland (Hybrid)
  • South Australia (Hybrid)
  • Tasmania (Hybrid)
  • Victoria (Hybrid)
  • Western Australia (Hybrid)

Industry

Industry Experience

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

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